In the early years of the last century, Rebecca is born into
a rural community in the Maesglasau valley in Wales; her family have been working the land for a thousand years, but the changes brought about by
modernity threaten the survival of her language, and her family's way of life.
Rebecca's reflections on the century are delivered with
haunting dignity and a simple intimacy, while her evocation of the changing
seasons and a life that is so in tune with its surroundings is rich and
poignant. The Life of Rebecca Jones has all the makings of a classic, fixing on a vanishing period of rural history, and the novels final, unexpected
revelation remains unforgettable and utterly moving.
